Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Elena L. Grigorenko Fundamentally, the concept of learning disabilities (LDs) has to do with society’s capacity “to monitor (and recruit) children for unexplained school failure in a way…
Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation Fred R. Volkmar Elisabeth M. Dykens Robert M. Hodapp Definition In DSM-IV-TR (1), mental retardation (MR) is defined on the basis of three essential features: subnormal intellectual functioning,…
Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders Fred R. Volkmar Catherine Lord Ami Klin Robert Schultz Edwin H. Cook The pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) comprise a group of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized…
Formulation and Integration
Formulation and Integration Schuyler W. Henderson M.D. Andrés Martin M.D. …(she) took refuge in formulation, presumably in the hope that it would carry her past ambivalence and confusion. –Robert Boyers,…
Assessing Communication
Assessing Communication Rhea Paul Ph.D., CCC-SLP Moira Lewis This chapter provides a brief outline of the process involved in assessing how children use speech and language for communication. We describe…
Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment of Children
Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment of Children Katherine D. Tsatsanis Ph.D Associate Research Scientist Yale Child Study Center Yale University School of Medicine 230 S. Frontage Road New Haven, CT 06520…
Structured Interviewing
Structured Interviewing Adrian Angold MRCPsych. E. Jane Costello PhD. Helen Link Egger M.D. Introduction Interviews are necessary tools for all forms of clinical medical diagnosis, and they have a singularly…
Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Content and Structure
Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Content and Structure Jeff Q. Bostic M.D. Robert A. King M.D The goal of the clinical psychiatric assessment of a child or adolescent is…
Clinical Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Clinical Assessment of Infants and Toddlers Walter S. Gilliam Linda C. Mayes Why perform infant assessments? It is perhaps easier to state definitively what infant assessments cannot provide. They do…
Classification
Classification Fred R. Volkmar M.D. Mary Schwab-Stone M.D. Michael First M.D Principles of Classification The ability and the urge to classify are unique aspects of human experience. They provide us…
